KiteUp

Jupyter Notebook that queries Icelandic weather stations for kite–able locations.

This is now set up as an email alert service but contributions for advancements are welcome.

Setup

• python3
• pip install -r requirements.txt

See here how to setup and start a Jupyter notebook

Contributing

Anyone can make a pull request.

If you want to make something into modules that would also be cool.

A basic app with notifications would also be a cool contribution.

Before adding also generate a .py file from the notebook

jupyter nbconvert --to python KiteUp.ipynb

Then you can also run it as a normal python script:

python3 KiteUp.py

About:API

The KiteUp program queries the /weather/forecasts endpoint of apis.is, that code queries various endpoints of vedur.is

Apis.is API documentation endpoint: apis.is, github

Time is UTC/GMT.

vedur.is /forecasts timing

The forecasts that are queried are generally given out at 06:00, 12:00 and 18:00

vedur.is /forecasts publishing

According to support(at)vedur.is the forecast are generally published approx 3 and a half hours after they are made.

So a forecast that is made at 12:00 will not be published to the web/API until 15:30 (+- 5 minutes).

KiteUp follows this publishing plan of vedur.is:

• Forecast made at 06:00 is published at 09:30
• Forecast made at 18:00 is published in at 21:30
• Forecast made at 12:00 is published at 15:30

KiteUp will query about 10 minutes later then the publishing time, given the +-5 minutes delay that can happen.

According to support forecast updates are written into their database at the same time across all stations when all calculations are finished.

About: Weather directions

• N: Norðan - um vind úr norðurátt.

• NA: Norðaustan - um vind úr norðausturátt.

• NNA: Norðnorðaustan- um vind úr norðnorðausturátt (mitt á milli norðan og norðaustan).

• NNV: Norðnorðvestan - um vind úr norðnorðvesturátt (mitt á milli norðan og norðvestan).

• NV: Norðvestan - um vind úr norðvesturátt.

• S: Sunnan - um vind úr suðurátt.

• SSA: Suðsuðaustan - um vind úr suðsuðausturátt (mitt á milli sunnan og suðaustan).

• SSV: Suðsuðvestan - um vind úr suðsuðvesturátt (mitt á milli sunnan og suðvestan).

• SV: Suðvestan - um vind úr suðvesturátt.

• SA: Suðaustan - um vind úr suðausturátt.

• V: Vestan - um vind úr vesturátt.

• VNV: Vestnorðvestur - um vind úr vestnorðvesturátt (mitt á milli vestan og norðvestan).

• VSV: Vestsuðvestan - um vind úr vestsuðvesturátt (mitt á milli vestan og suðvestan).

• A: Austan - um vind úr austurátt.

• ANA: Austnorðaustan - um vindátt sem er mitt á milli austan og norðaustan.

• ASA: Austsuðaustan - um vindátt sem er mitt á milli austan og suðaustan.

Heimild: http://www.vedur.is/vedur/frodleikur/greinar/nr/936

Tides

KiteUp reads from the html tables served at /vs/Stationsdetails.aspx of www.vegagerdin.is

For example: http://www.vegagerdin.is/vs/Stationsdetails.aspx?ID=25&Per=24&Dt=201810060000&nohead=true

They give out sea level height in meters.